Re: '35 Standard 8 Oiling issue

Posted by Bill Heptig On 2011/7/6 20:02:26

I had the fella that did the machine work on the motor advise me to try a gasket fix product (he warranties his work so I tried it) that doesn't work, so now I'm down to replacing the gaskets without a doubt, so some questions.

I tried taking the valve covers off, but I am a bit intimidated about what to do next

"As for R&R, I found that backing the valve lash adjusters all the way down and holding the lever followers up with cloths pins allowed me to remove the covers and replace the covers with no other special tools needed. "

1) I'm not sure what I'm doing here so please give me a clue, the term lever followers is unclear, The valve springs are pretty stout I really don't understand how a clothes pin could compress that??

2) If I back off the adjusters that would relieve the pressure on the valves that are not being compressed by the rocker/roller, but would I not need to compress the ones being lifted to relieve the pressure on the rocker roller before removal? What tool is used to do that? I guess this is the clothes pin thing, just not sure I see how that would be done.

3) I see there are "lifters"(? not sure what to call these) that go thru from the rocker rollers and press on the very bottom of the valve, are these retained such that when the rocker roller assembly is pulled from the engine, they won't fall in to the bottom of the oil pan on the motor when it is removed from the motor?

4) finally there is the matter of how to set the valve lash once the gasket is replaced, is the a clearance with a feeler gauge etc that must be set once the gasket is exchanged? How is that set? what clearance?

Thanks again for all the input
Best Regards
Bill